road from French Guyana to macapá Brazil
 

Hi
someone have same fresh news about this road (paved?, fuel stations)???
thank

Roberto

Hi,
I did this route in 2015. About 150 km on the Brazil side is not paved.
I don’t if the bridge is open now.

If you need mor info, you email me on djinsital@gmail.com.

Djin

macapa to oyapoque
 

I did it in 2003, it was during the dry season, so I did not have any problems, maybe half of it was paved and the other was a good dirt road.

have no idea about the bridge, but there were boats to take my bike and myself across the oyapoque river in 2003.

suerte
mika

I rode and floated it in November, 2012. The floating was in a hired boat to cross the river because the bridge wasn't operational. It was the dry season, so no mud story. Lots of simple timber bridges...

There were a couple of villages along the way. I stopped, have a late lunch and a beer or two while playing pool with some locals.

Its 336 miles from the Oyapock river to Macapa. I must have stopped for gas along the way and don't recall gas being a problem.

The good news, Oyapock River Bridge was opened to traffic in March 2017.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyapock_River_Bridge

A few words about my trip crossing the river

Peter's Ride: The Bridge to No Where: Crossing the Rio Oiapoque

The northern part of the Brazilian section is prone to sticky, sloppy mud when it's wet and has been churned up by truck traffic. Drivers told me that during the dry season the dust gets really bad, but I sure didn't experience anything like "dust."

I don't know whether the completion of the bridge means less truck traffic (much of what I saw was headed for the construction project), or more. The whole idea of the highway upgrades and bridge was to facilitate trade, but that was in a long-ago era in which it appeared Brazil would become a mighty economic engine for all of South America. 2010, you know.

There's gas in small quantities along the roadside, hotel and at least one proper petrol station in Calcoene.

Hope that's helpful.

Mark

Bridge is open. Still about 100 km of dirt and last petrol station about 200 km before Oiapoque.

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Belem
 

When was the last time you rode this stretch? I will be back in Belem in Jan. I was going to try and go to Georgetown and ship my moto to Panama, but I couldn't find anyone that would fly it, without any import papers, just TVIP. Most riders used to ride back into Venezuela, but those options have changed. I am looking at options, I really don't want to take a boat ride up the Amazon, or ride up to Georgetown in the raining season on BR156 and take my chances on shipping. I am considering returning south in Brazil and head west to Peru.

Any suggestions??c?

http://g1.globo.com/ap/amapa/noticia...os-pronta.html

Bridge was only opened march this year. Only for tourist purposes not commercial traffic.
If you want to avoid mud there are only few months with that chance like around november. Worst time probably is around may-july.
Your mudfree / boatfree option would be to cross Brazil from Belem via Cuiaba to take the Interoceanica into Peru.

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I was driving on this road and crossed the bridge in August 2017.The road was in very good condition but the bridge was closed in sunday and still under construction so I must wait one day. I have drive from Macapa to Cayenne.

Boris